Dorie Greenspan’s Cocoa Crunch Fruit and Nut Granola

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Here, millet and flaxseed supply other crunch, wheat germ adds depth, and cocoa pulverization offers a sensation of the unexpected.

To marque Granola Bites, you'll usage 3 cups of the baked granola and omit adding immoderate dried fruit. See the VARIATION, below.

Packed successful tightly closed containers – humidity is granola’s foe – the granola volition support for astatine slightest 1 month. The Granola Bites volition beryllium bully for astatine slightest 1 week.

From cookbook writer Dorie Greenspan.

Ingredients

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Servings: 14 (makes 6 1/2 to 7 cups granola)

1/4 cupful (packed) airy brownish sugar
1/4 cupful honey
3 tablespoons coconut oregon olive oil
2 cups old-fashioned oats (not instant oregon quick-cooking)
1 cupful mixed chopped nuts, specified arsenic almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios oregon hazelnuts
1/2 cupful hulled, unsalted pumpkin seeds
1/2 cupful hulled, unsalted sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons wheat germ (may substitute old-fashioned oats)
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons millet (optional, but bully for crunch)
1 tablespoonful flaxseed (optional)
1 spoon good oversea salt
1 1/2 teaspoons axenic vanilla extract
1/2 cupful unsweetened coconut flakes oregon shredded coconut
1/2 cupful moist, plump dried fruit, specified arsenic raisins, cranberries, cherries, snipped apricots, apples and/or pears (see NOTE)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using coconut oil)

Calories
260
Fat
16 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
25 g
Sodium
150 mg
Protein
6 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
12 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer Dorie Greenspan.

Tested by Kara Elder.

Published April 19, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026